1 ultimate instead of 2 ?

[HyoMinPark]

they have cleared all three apparently, but that comes off as even weirder to me than if they had never even stepped into any of these fights

They have. Despite their posting of their profile and talk of no titles or weapons, you can find proof of the clears on another well-known third-party site.

However, their insistence that they haven’t cleared just lends credence to my assumption they’re just looking to stir the pot and not have a serious conversation. Why not be transparent otherwise?

People crap on others out of envy (or inferiority complex) most of the time if we are honest. Also, "flexing" is a very human thing to do even if some are more obnoxious( and obvious) compare to others. I don't think there is something wrong with that and at times arguments around "x devalue Y" are valid.

Anyway, supposedly average human attention span is 20m, considering that going above it is just a bad idea and I doubt FFXIV team will ever do it. Despite me not being happy with some design choices devs are really good at adapting their game to their player base reality.

Except the treatment a lot of raiders in this game comes from the mentality of prestige and wanting to lord their achievements over others—and it leads to a mountain of disrespect towards the group as a whole. Regardless of how down-to-earth a raider is being, they’re just lumped in with those who want to flex their virtual achievements and act like obnoxious individuals. There’s nothing wrong with being proud you accomplished something, but the arrogance is what turns a lot of people off and leads to the incredibly toxic behavior and environment. That’s the issue I have with statements about prestige. Aside from the fact that I think OP is not coming from a genuine standpoint here.

Human or not, it’s not an excuse to be a tool about it, in my opinion.